Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell-Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing

[MotownMaster]

@kivinen1 thats cool, i think the same thing about your mom's sorry ass pussy, HA!

[muzicologyy947]

I sure would like hear gordy's excuse to why all great talent in the pre-Motown years was overlooked. I sure would love hear it.

[muzicologyy947]

Hey motownmaster, I love ur program. To me it's very informative about the lost history of Motown in which gordy never wanted to b known. As for thegibbshow, he's beyond a jerk, he's foolish dee jay who doesn't care for history and that's not only a disease it's a tragedy. As a black man who has a fascination with Motown records, just to they had an unknown history b4 Smokey, the tempts, Supremes, wells, Gaye and etc. Clearly shows great talent that was clearly overlooked.

[danceswithmoths]

love the song but really wish you'd left the narrative out

[MotownMaster]

@danceswithmoths you dont like it??? THEN WATCH ANOTHER VID THAT JUST PLAYS THE SONG!

[503gabby]

Nice songg

[wolfraink]

unica musica del ayer =)

[RodrigoSPessoa]

very jealous of this compact! best song ever !

[jord899]

man i would love to hear this on vinal

[sporty04]

Spin em up, yeah! One of the greatest duets of all time. Thanks for sharing!

[MrDevaughnsfan]

I love Tammi Terrelle so much! What a beautiful woman and talent! Where is her bio pic? what a tragic loss and at such a young age! Rip tammi and Marvin

[rickeyjiggz]

thanks for posting man

[zappatx]

Love the bass line at "Picture in a frame" Dit Dit Di Dit Dit Dit Da dit Da

[tompthelen1]

Whoa! Ain't nothin like it! Bring it on 4 eva!

[karen1432]

Love this song.. bad version..... but still listened to it..(half of it, anyway)....

(i'm pretending that i'm over hearing it in the car beside me..(ish)..

[aljabi2008]

thank you for posting. i love tammi and i love marvin so much.

[cackagill]

"Talk to Me"!

[MrLesly28]

el como la comtenpla a ella él estaba más enamorado que ella , él tenía cara de burro degollado , osea él tenía cara de idiota cunado la miraba como baboso

[fallismyfavorites]

kill the talk

[newsy8]

reminds me of playing this on my old hard-case 45 turntable sharing the room with my older sister. lol

[buzzbait0u812]

I remember when this came out...Loved it then...love it even more now because of the memories....

[reedg1951]

1968 a time of innocents my senior year in high school. The two years later was in the Army and life change.

[Jibbie49]

I graduated in ''67 and 3 boys from my class later died in Vietnam, so I know what u mean. I think about them so often. And here Obama is in Communist China now.

[hunkyfunkster]

dont SCARE me about getting old!, years fly by sooo quickly, we need to make the most of EVERYTHING! ENJOY EVERYTHING! xx

[eaglei28]

@hunkyfunkster FUK YE :)

[Meridian83West]

Ashford & Simpson did such a beautiful job of producing "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" that you would never guess it was their first production effort for Motown. And needless to say, Marvin & Tammi's performances are stellar.

[newhotman1001]

I saw her walking out of the Motown studios in the summer of 1967, just before the riot that year. She was walking with Marvin and David Ruffin. My buddy yelled at her and she waved back although David Ruffin shot him a dirty look. Very talented and beautiful, it is a shame that she died so young.

[bentheled]

its always better to hear these songs on vinyl

[turkshead]

Shes better than Diane

RIP

[Individuell83]

lol sry but is it hard to have a stronger voice then Diane? I mean I like Diane's voice but it isn't strong

I love this version

[eggmanslim]

i loooove this song!!

[cornerstone1019]

James Jamerson is supreme on the bassline. Marvin and Tammi sound so beautiful together. I'm sure, all 3 have reunited in Heaven for a command performance for the King.

[dmbyankz]

didnt know tammi terrell died young - how did she die?

[tranurse]

she collapsed on stage in his arms, was hospitalized and diagnosed with a brain tumor. she died two or three years later.

[fauna17]

thats so sad i always thought that they should have been a couple

[gardenlady00]

They were a couple in a sad way.

[coling57]

We don't ask

[Deedy06]

This was one of the first songs that got me hooked on most their duets when I was a kid.

[speakup44]

this my favorite duet by them....asford & simson's lyrics!!!!!

[allboutsas]

it's cool you wanted to speak on it!!

[rosevelt1]

I repeat, THE GREATEST DUET RECORD OF ALL TIME!!!

[coling57]

yes

[lozzikane]

this is a brilliant song

[ShastaSmiling]

It is GREAT, & it is still BEAUTIFUL!!! You cannot help the sound quality since it was made way back in time. KEEP up the GREAT work, & please have more SUPER songs, thanks!!!

[coling57]

thank you. It's great.

[marlist1]

1 of my favorite songs! Heard this all the time on am radio as a 9 yr old. Days of real talent & drive in many areas. Meaningful,fun, romantic lyrics. 45 records, transistor radios. What a loss she died so young.

[MrsJarellDH]

Motown in the house!!! one of my faves next to You're All I Need (To Get By) by Marvin and Tammi

[JQ2124LYFE]

i love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[penthouse10]

thank God for old motown...aint nothing better...oh Smokey...

[blondi35]

Marvin and Tammi will forever be miss,what a great voice,two great singer, made a great team.

[bearbum57]

junkyarddog glad you made it back, one of my favourites,but there was a lot of great music made then.

[junkyarddog47]

Again this was another fantastic that came out in 1968 while in Vietnam. We got drunk and sang this song waiting until we got back to the world. Round eye american girls. We did a good imitation.

[AliceBCL1992]

adorable :)

[junkyarddog47]

Nobody but nobody can come close to Marvin and Tammi.  They were the greatest. Wow

[dieselkid653]

My favorite song by Marvin Gaye, and quite possibly, my favorite song of all time

[gypsyrp]

I am a huge fan of Marvin and Tammy. I have to say this is my most favorite duet by them. I listened to the CD so much I need another one.

[kylekind15]

nice song

[fauna17]

an amazing song

[MotownMaster]

Sounds normal to me

[djscanman]

I agree. The pitch of your turntable is off (too fast).

[raventammi]

A beautiful duet. Tammi is really strong here in fact she even outsings Marvin.

[br1antim]

Valerie Simpson was actually a stand-in for Tammi Terrell on many of the later Marvin/Tammi collaborations when Tammi's tumor began to progress making her too ill to perform

[rosevelt1]

I maintain that this is the greatest 'Duet' song of all time.

[MotownMaster]

They were released at the same time, the later records with the earlier logos come from the west coast plants, they chose to use up all the blank labels before they started using the new labels

[spoonfedcornbread]

That clears up the mystery for me. Until you brought it up I was unaware of any globe labels after 1966.

[blackwaxjh]

Correct! Judging by the fact that the copy shown is pressed on vinyl instead of polystrene like many Motown 45's pressed in on the east coast, your copy was probably pressed at the Columbia Records pressing plant in Santa Maria, CA. Motown often used Columbia to press their records in the 60's and early 70's.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

Motownmaster, does this single was later released on a boxed label, but you have the original copy of that with the globe on it. On Ebay, you might a find a 45 of the same song with the box label.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

I heard that song on the radio, best Marvin & Tammi song ever. It was later released as a radar globe Tamla label instead of that brown donut/globe label.

[MotownMaster]

the sessions for this song took place between July and October 1967

[Chicago10281]

If this song was released in March, 1968, then what was the recording date?